Synonyms and related words :
anticipate, avert, avoid, bar, beat back, beat off, block, brush off, chase, chase away, chase off, check, counter, cut, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismiss, drive away, drive back, estop, exclude, fend, forbid, foreclose, forestall, help, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, keep at bay, keep from, keep off, obstruct, obviate, pack off, parry, preclude, prevent, prohibit, push back, put back, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, rule out, save, send away, send off, send packing, snub, spurn, stave off, stop, thrust back, turn aside, turn back, ward off